20 Life-Changing Hacks To Make Adulthood Easier

1. Always get the name of the person you are speaking with.Because an effective way to argue with some corporate person on the other line is not: "The person I spoke with last time I called said that I'd paid my bill." That sounds like you either spoke to a ghost or are trying to scam the electric company. Save yourself some time and energy: "I spoke to Ashley, her employee number is 1234567, and she said I'd paid my bill." BIAAATCH.

2. Leave your heels under your desk at work and wear sneakers for the commute.It may feel fun and rom-commy to be running through the streets to work in your heels, but that shit wears off its charm the second you feel the first blister forming.

3. You don't have to drop a zillion dollars on anti-aging face cream — just get a drugstore brand with retinol.Beauty editor Carly Cardellino says that you do not need to let an upscale makeup store salesperson talk you into getting a P5,000+ serum made of crushed-up diamonds and glowworm jizz. Just go to Watson's.

4. Use adhesive velcro to stick phone and laptop chargers underneath your desk.You WILL NOT be the girl whose phone dies every afternoon at 4 p.m.

5. Did you accidentally send a text to the wrong person? DON'T PANIC.Put your phone on airplane mode and it will fail to deliver. You're so welcome.

16. A hanging shoe rack is great for storing cleaning supplies on the side of your bathroom door.Instead of tripping over your spray bottle of Zonrox every time you have to pee.

17. If nothing's worked for a bad breakout or you've been feeling run-down, use apple cider vinegar as an all-purpose healing mechanism.Dilute it with water to use as a toner, shampoo, or dietary supplement...just make sure it's one of these, with "the mother" in it. Salad dressing will not improve your skin.

18. Run out of bleach for a load of your white laundry? Use white vinegar.It's better for removing pit stains and general body-related clothing stains anyway.

19. Get removable platform shelves for your cabinets and closets.Double the space! And you will never ever get around to installing actual shelves.

20. Set up travel deal price alerts for flights to every city you eventually want to visit.Maybe you didn't plan on that long weekend in Paris this year, but for a round-trip flight that cheap, what the hell, right?